Tawni O'Dell quotes

I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.
-- Tawni O'Dell

#Phones #Talking #People

Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've been told you should quit, you'll never make it.
-- Tawni O'Dell

#Inspirational #Success #Dream

A man spends his whole life trying to prove his worth to others. A woman spends her life trying to prove her worth to herself.
-- Tawni O'Dell

#Men #Trying #Whole Life

She hated her job the same way I hated my jobs because she knew she was worth more, but she also hated herself so there wasn't much point in trying to do better.
-- Tawni O'Dell

#Jobs #Trying #Way

I wanted to end it now, like a bad TV show turned off in the middle.
-- Tawni O'Dell

#Tv Shows #Tvs #Ends

They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures
-- Tawni O'Dell

#Teacher #Fun #Book

I've decided that the worst part of loneliness isn't being alone. It's being forgotten.
-- Tawni O'Dell

#Loneliness #Forgotten #Worst

The table was her stage. The mobile phone was the microphone. And the new moon was the spotlight. That kind of magic only Nana could make it happen.

Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.

I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whether it's a laptop or a cell phone, at all times.

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

When I'm in the process of making a movie I'm not thinking about the finished result, and whether people have to see it once or more than once, and what the reaction to it will be. I just make it, and then I live with the consequences, some of which may not be as pleasant as I'd like! I know one thing, however. Many viewers may come out of the theater not satisfied, but they won't be able to forget the movie. I know they'll be talking about it during their next dinner. I want them to be a little restless about my movies, and keep trying to find something in them.

There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care.

Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'

God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.